Alpine Bobsled (formerly known as Sarajevo Bobsled and Rolling Thunder) was a steel bobsled roller coaster at the Six Flags Great Escape and Hurricane...

The original bobsled design (1959–1978) Updated bobsled design (1978–2012) Alternate view of the updated design (1978–2012) Current bobsled design (2012–Present)...

emulates the experience of riding a bobsled. In keeping with the Texas location the theme was changed from an alpine bobsled ride to a snake theme. The name...

winter sport of bobsleigh. Most modern bobsled roller coasters are made of steel; however, the first bobsled coasters, known as Flying Turns, were made...

Avalanche is a steel bobsled roller coaster at Pleasure Beach Resort in Blackpool, England. It is the first and, as of 2022, the only bobsled roller coaster...

1986 Rolling Thunder (roller coaster), at Six Flags Great Adventure Alpine Bobsled, a roller coaster formerly known as Rolling Thunder at Six Flags Great...

Status Operating Opening date June 1, 2024 (June 1, 2024) Replaced Alpine Bobsled General statistics Type Wood – Family Manufacturer Gravitykraft Corporation...

au. Schneider, H. Rose. "One last ride on Six Flags Great Escape's Alpine Bobsled". "Camp Snoopy poised to get an extensive makeover". 21 August 2023...

later to The Great Escape in Queensbury, New York, where it operated as Alpine Bobsled. In 1985, Children's World was rethemed as Bugs Bunny World, as Magic...

Park's Dragon Khan. When Six Flags Great Adventure's Sarajevo Bobsled, an Intamin Bobsled roller coaster, closed in 1988, it was moved to Great America...

Picture Description 99 Trains 2006 Children's train ride Alpine Bobsled 1998 2023 Intamin bobsled roller coaster. Removed in 2023 for the addition of Bobcat...

installation of The Corkscrew rollercoaster, the Pirate Ship, and the Alpine Bobsled ride. In 1981, Talbot Street, the park's first permanent themed area...

to Six Flags Great Escape in 1997 and reopened the following year as Alpine Bobsled. It operated at Great Escape until it was removed in 2023 to make way...

Bobsleigh or bobsled is a winter sport in which teams of 2 to 4 athletes make timed runs down narrow, twisting, banked, iced tracks in a gravity-powered...

Roller Coaster DataBase. Retrieved June 12, 2012. Marden, Duane. "Alpine Bobsled  (Great Escape)". Roller Coaster DataBase. Retrieved June 12, 2012....

the first time Jamaica has qualified in three events in bobsled. Jamaica's four-man bobsled qualified for their first games since Nagano 1998. * – Denotes...

Bobsled was not on the Winter Olympic program for the only time; the organizers had decided the events did not warrant the cost of building a bobsled...

sliding sports were contested at the 1948 Winter Games; the first was bobsled. A controversy erupted when it was alleged that the sleds of the United...

ride which uses a bobsled-like sled or cart to run down a track usually built on the side of a hill. There are two main types: an alpine coaster or mountain...

held in and just outside of Lake Placid. Mt. Van Hoevenberg Olympic Bobsled Run (bobsled, luge, skeleton) Olympic Center (opening ceremony, short track speedskating...

the 2-man and 4-man bobsled events. He could not compete in the 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley, California, because the bobsled race was not held...

the 2010 Winter Olympics, Whistler hosted most of the alpine, Nordic, luge, skeleton, and bobsled events. The Whistler Valley is located around the pass...

down ice tracks or pulled by something: Bobsled Dogsled racing Ice blocking Luge Skeleton Wok racing Alpine snowboarding Boardercross Para snowboard...

Switzerland 1930 – First FIBT World Championships (4-man Bobsled) 1932 – First two-man Bobsled competition at the III. Winter Olympics in Lake Placid,...

four-person bobsled competition. She was also the first woman to drive an all-female team against men in a four-person World Cup bobsled race. In 2019...

sliding sport in which a person rides a small sled, known as a skeleton bobsled (or bobsleigh), down a frozen track while lying face down and head-first...

seconds. Soviet speed skater Tatiana Averina won four medals. In the 4-man bobsled, the East German team won the first of three consecutive titles. The USSR...

disqualified on the remaining three. Downhill Giant Slalom Super G Slalom Bobsled Luge Freestyle moguls (console versions only) Ski jumping Biathlon Short...

NSAA "SLEDDING SPORTS / Bobsled best U.S. bet". SFGATE. February 9, 2006. "At Olympics, Holcomb still an inspiration for USA Bobsled". Toronto Star. February...

Mountain, New York). Then-Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt pledged to build a bobsled run and Dewey, who had arranged a posting as manager of the 1928 Olympic...